Comments on: Dual Agency is the Designated Hitter of Real Estate http://www.realestatezebra.com/dual-agency-is-the-designated-hitter-of-real-estate Your Comprehensive Resource for Creative Insight and Commentary on All Things Real Estate Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:36:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Frankly http://www.realestatezebra.com/dual-agency-is-the-designated-hitter-of-real-estate/comment-page-1#comment-88480 Frankly Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:06:59 +0000 http://realestatezebra.com/dual-agency-is-the-designated-hitter-of-real-estate#comment-88480 In Washington DC Dual Agency is illegal, and I applaud them for that. The main reason, at my company, we don't do Dual Agency, is we aren't paper pushers. We were hired by one party to represent THEM and only them. If you are a "dual agent" you have to represent both, by representing NONE. Instead of Dual Agency we do "Unrepresented buyer." If the buyer doesn't want a buyer agent, fine, but they have to sign something that they understand that we work for the seller and have to represent the seller's best interest. Frank- Broker FranklyRealty.com in Northern Virginia In Washington DC Dual Agency is illegal, and I applaud them for that.

The main reason, at my company, we don’t do Dual Agency, is we aren’t paper pushers. We were hired by one party to represent THEM and only them. If you are a “dual agent” you have to represent both, by representing NONE.

Instead of Dual Agency we do “Unrepresented buyer.” If the buyer doesn’t want a buyer agent, fine, but they have to sign something that they understand that we work for the seller and have to represent the seller’s best interest.

Frank- Broker FranklyRealty.com in Northern Virginia

]]> By: Dual Agency Smack-Down: The RE.net smacks back . . . | BloodhoundBlog | The weblog of BloodhoundRealty.com in Phoenix, Arizona http://www.realestatezebra.com/dual-agency-is-the-designated-hitter-of-real-estate/comment-page-1#comment-173 Dual Agency Smack-Down: The RE.net smacks back . . . | BloodhoundBlog | The weblog of BloodhoundRealty.com in Phoenix, Arizona Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:36:25 +0000 http://realestatezebra.com/dual-agency-is-the-designated-hitter-of-real-estate#comment-173 [...] Daniel Rothamel at The Real Estate Zebra explains the industry’s ambivalence about Dual Agency with a sports metaphor. [...] [...] Daniel Rothamel at The Real Estate Zebra explains the industry’s ambivalence about Dual Agency with a sports metaphor. [...]

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